{"id":26292,"date":"2021-06-07T14:41:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2021\/?page_id=26292"},"modified":"2021-06-08T17:02:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T15:02:50","slug":"polyglots-team-contributors-story-tor-bjorn-fjellner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2021\/contribute-to-wordpress\/polyglots-team-contributors-story-tor-bjorn-fjellner\/","title":{"rendered":"Polyglots Team Contributor\u2019s story \u2014 Tor-Bj\u00f6rn Fjellner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tor-Bj\u00f6rn well known as Tobi, a Swedish guy who was always been interested in technical stuff and communication, started using WordPress for his poetry back in the year 2010 and eminently contacted his site&#8217;s theme developer and contributed to Swedish and Russian translations of the WordPress Core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the year 2016 WordPress 4.7 introduced REST API which made many new strings available to translate. Tobi raised for this task and soon to his own surprise found himself a General Translation Editor. Since then he managed to grow the Swedish translation team and also become a permanent member of the Russian WordPress community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"496\" data-attachment-id=\"26294\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2021\/contribute-to-wordpress\/polyglots-team-contributors-story-tor-bjorn-fjellner\/tobifjellner-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2021\/files\/2021\/06\/tobifjellner-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"496,496\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tobifjellner-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2021\/files\/2021\/06\/tobifjellner-1-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2021\/files\/2021\/06\/tobifjellner-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2021\/files\/2021\/06\/tobifjellner-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tor-Bj\u00f6rn\" class=\"wp-image-26294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2021\/files\/2021\/06\/tobifjellner-1.jpg 496w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2021\/files\/2021\/06\/tobifjellner-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2021\/files\/2021\/06\/tobifjellner-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><figcaption> Tor-Bj\u00f6rn <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Where I really can make a difference, that\u2019s in making WordPress available in Swedish.&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/tobifjellner\/\">Tor-Bj\u00f6rn Fjellner<\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tobi3.se\/blog\/\">tobi3.se\/blog\/<\/a> (Sweden)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The great and versatile tool WordPress can be free thanks to the contributions from thousands of users. I think it\u2019s great that one can \u201cgive back\u201d to WordPress and the community in so many different ways. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Like a professional translator, Tobi strives for clarity and have a testers&#8217; mindset which brings value to other teams, like Core, Test and Support but his heart is always with Polyglots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I\u2019m not a coder, although I may be able to find and fix some small and simple errors in PHP\/CSS\/JavaScript. But where I really can make a difference, that\u2019s in making WordPress available in Swedish. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Tobi can be modest but his efforts did not go unnoticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Later I even became a global mentor, so one could say that I support the processes that make WordPress available in more than 50 language versions. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a big advocate for translations and we wholeheartedly support him in this endeavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Did you know, that 55% of all WordPress installations are using a translated version of WordPress? I\u2019m proud to be a part of that!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2021\/contribute-to-wordpress\/polyglots-team\/\">Know more about the Polyglots Team<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Join the Live Session<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-list wordcamp-sessions\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-session wordcamp-sessions__post slug-getting-started-translating-wordpress-themes-and-plugins-into-different-languages\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-sessions__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2021\/session\/getting-started-translating-wordpress-themes-and-plugins-into-different-languages\/\">Getting started translating WordPress, themes, and plugins into different languages<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\n\t\t<p class=\"wordcamp-sessions__speakers\">\n\t\t\tPresented by <a href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2021\/speaker\/theodoros-gkitsos\/\">Theodoros Gkitsos<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2021\/speaker\/tor-bjorn-fjellner\/\">Tor-Bjorn Fjellner<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-sessions__content is-full\"><p>In this workshop, we will introduce new Polyglots contributors to translate.wordpress.org. <\/p>\n<p>How to find a suitable translation project, how to suggest a translation, and where to find information about standards and glossaries for your locale. 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